All it would take is some lower (liberal) judge to cite the Supreme Court "already ruled" that CFR IS constitutional. That locks in the judicial review, since it's much, much easier to "go along" with an existing ruling (which creates an even tighter bottleneck for future lawsuits!) Thus, we need to get rid of the restrictions ... and NOT rely on some judge changing "her" mind about something "she" already decided. "She" will NOT want to go on record saying "Oh shoot. Guess I screwed up the first time..." Anyway, look at the Amendments: Prohibition sets a bad enough example where the 2nd Amendment, 1st Amendment, or 10th can get revoked if the MEDIA creates the dnc pressure!
Raise a stink over this issue and pressure will be made to bear.
"A friend of mine in Washington who is a former nun and a chief staff member for Eugene McCarthy, said we should repeal the entire Constitution, starting with the words 'We the People' through to the signatures." [I paused, and there was a sharp intake of breath by every person in the room. Then I continued....]
"Then, she said we should pass it again, exactly as it is, but add one line: 'This time we MEAN it.' " [There was an explosion of both laughter and applause.]
The point is that the necesary reform is not just to straighten out this particular blunder by the Supreme Court. It is to stgraighten out a lot of bad decisions by the Court, and furthermore, its approach to all future cases. The Court needs to be told, by the express words of the Constitution, that it MUST obey the Constitution until and unless the Constitution is amended by the people as provided in Article V.
THAT is the proper remedy. Anything less is merely wheel-spinning, and I doubt that necessary reform would pass through this Congress as an Amendment, to go out to the states for ratification.
Congressman Billybob
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